2016 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 14 August 2016.

Austria  2016 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 18 races in the
2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 August 2016
Official nameNeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich[1][2][3]
LocationRed Bull Ring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati
Time 1:23.142
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati
Time 1:24.561 on lap 24
Podium
First Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Third Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider France Johann Zarco Kalex
Time 1:29.255
Fastest lap
Rider France Johann Zarco Kalex
Time 1:29.497 on lap 8
Podium
First France Johann Zarco Kalex
Second Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Third Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Joan Mir KTM
Time 1:36.228
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Philipp Öttl KTM
Time 1:36.557 on lap 15
Podium
First Spain Joan Mir KTM
Second South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Third Italy Enea Bastianini Honda

MotoGP race report edit

Andrea Iannone took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since Moto2 Italy 2012 and also was the first Ducati rider other than Casey Stoner to win a race since Loris Capirossi's win at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix. This race marked Ducati's first 1-2 finish since the 2007 Australian Grand Prix and also the first win for a manufacturer other than Honda or Yamaha since the 2010 Australian Grand Prix.

Classification edit

MotoGP edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 29   Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 28 39:46.255 1 25
2 4   Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 28 +0.938 3 20
3 99   Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 +3.389 4 16
4 46   Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 +3.815 2 13
5 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +11.813 5 11
6 25   Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +14.341 6 10
7 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +17.063 12 9
8 45   Scott Redding Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 28 +29.437 8 8
9 38   Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +29.785 14 7
10 44   Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +37.094 15 6
11 9   Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 28 +39.765 13 5
12 51   Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 28 +39.766 17 4
13 76   Loris Baz Avintia Racing Ducati 28 +44.284 21 3
14 53   Tito Rabat Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 28 +45.004 18 2
15 35   Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 28 +1:03.246 7 1
16 19   Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28 +1:12.448 19
17 68   Yonny Hernández Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 28 +1:14.517 16
18 50   Eugene Laverty Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 28 +1:36.510 11
19 6   Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +1 lap 20
Ret 41   Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 24 Hand Discomfort 9
DSQ 8   Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 12 Black flag 10
DNS 43   Jack Miller Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]
  • Hector Barbera was black flagged for ignoring the jump start ride-through penalty.
  • Jack Miller crashed during Sunday morning warm-up and suffered a broken right wrist & fractured vertebra.

Moto2 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5   Johann Zarco Kalex 25 37:34.180 1 25
2 21   Franco Morbidelli Kalex 25 +3.058 2 20
3 40   Álex Rins Kalex 25 +3.376 9 16
4 12   Thomas Lüthi Kalex 25 +3.467 3 13
5 23   Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +4.740 4 11
6 73   Álex Márquez Kalex 25 +9.416 5 10
7 30   Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 25 +10.178 8 9
8 7   Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 25 +11.951 12 8
9 49   Axel Pons Kalex 25 +12.801 6 7
10 77   Dominique Aegerter Kalex 25 +13.977 11 6
11 11   Sandro Cortese Kalex 25 +18.046 13 5
12 52   Danny Kent Kalex 25 +18.284 15 4
13 54   Mattia Pasini Kalex 25 +18.424 17 3
14 44   Miguel Oliveira Kalex 25 +18.830 18 2
15 60   Julián Simón Speed Up 25 +20.022 20 1
16 97   Xavi Vierge Tech 3 25 +28.885 27
17 10   Luca Marini Kalex 25 +28.970 19
18 32   Isaac Viñales Tech 3 25 +29.032 25
19 87   Remy Gardner Kalex 25 +29.115 23
20 57   Edgar Pons Kalex 25 +29.424 14
21 55   Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 25 +29.977 16
22 14   Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 25 +37.935 21
23 19   Xavier Siméon Speed Up 25 +43.276 24
24 2   Jesko Raffin Kalex 25 +44.206 26
25 70   Robin Mulhauser Kalex 25 +48.835 28
26 94   Jonas Folger Kalex 25 +1:12.148 10
Ret 24   Simone Corsi Speed Up 12 Accident Damage 22
Ret 22   Sam Lowes Kalex 9 Accident 7
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36   Joan Mir KTM 23 37:23.325 1 25
2 41   Brad Binder KTM 23 +0.279 2 20
3 33   Enea Bastianini Honda 23 +0.431 3 16
4 20   Fabio Quartararo KTM 23 +0.439 5 13
5 65   Philipp Öttl KTM 23 +0.600 8 11
6 88   Jorge Martín Mahindra 23 +4.134 13 10
7 64   Bo Bendsneyder KTM 23 +4.161 10 9
8 4   Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 23 +4.970 9 8
9 8   Nicolò Bulega KTM 23 +4.972 7 7
10 11   Livio Loi Honda 23 +5.262 21 6
11 21   Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 23 +5.415 6 5
12 58   Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 23 +5.871 14 4
13 55   Andrea Locatelli KTM 23 +5.905 15 3
14 6   María Herrera KTM 23 +12.775 30 2
15 76   Hiroki Ono Honda 23 +12.839 24 1
16 95   Jules Danilo Honda 23 +12.942 11
17 40   Darryn Binder Mahindra 23 +14.090 16
18 23   Niccolò Antonelli Honda 23 +14.406 12
19 84   Jakub Kornfeil Honda 23 +14.517 23
20 62   Stefano Manzi Mahindra 23 +14.545 22
21 44   Arón Canet Honda 23 +14.663 4
22 12   Albert Arenas Peugeot 23 +17.132 26
23 7   Adam Norrodin Honda 23 +17.443 25
24 17   John McPhee Peugeot 23 +28.306 28
25 16   Andrea Migno KTM 23 +28.405 20
26 42   Marcos Ramírez Mahindra 23 +40.213 31
27 89   Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 23 +40.361 27
28 43   Stefano Valtulini Mahindra 23 +1:04.040 29
29 3   Fabio Spiranelli Mahindra 23 +1:04.058 33
30 77   Lorenzo Petrarca Mahindra 23 +1:04.513 34
Ret 9   Jorge Navarro Honda 18 Accident 17
Ret 19   Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 14 Accident 18
Ret 53   Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 5 Accident 19
Ret 24   Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 5 Accident 32
DNS 5   Romano Fenati KTM Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
  • Romano Fenati was suspended by his VR46 team following disciplinary issues.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.[7]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

  1. ^ "2016 Austrian MotoGP". Motorpsortsmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2016 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Red Bull Ring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2016 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ^ "NEROGIARDINI MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. ^ "NEROGIARDINI MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-27.


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